Space Chase: Spies and Skies

Curated by Jim Stephenson

The sky’s the limit, or is it? Find out if your young audience can spy familiar favorites, whether Debussy’s moon or Williams’ stars, or, of course, Holst’s planets, stylishly trimmed down to a universally-appealing orchestration. Through the lens of a pink panther or a savvy secret service agent, your young detectives can gather intelligence on Stephenson’s own specialized gadgets for these subjects: a “Celestial Suite” based on astronomers through the years, or a “Trench Coat” for the young spies among us.

Program Includes:

The Planets

Selections from the reduced orchestration setting
Holst // Stephenson

Celestial Suite

or selections from
Stephenson

Trench Coat

Stephenson

Theme from James Bond

Norman

Theme from the Pink Panther

Mancini

Song to the Moon

for soprano and orchestra
Dvorak, arr. Stephenson
Recording

Clair de Lune

Debussy

John Williams Selections

Selections from movies like Star Wars, Close Encounters, E.T., etc.